[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED FOR TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
800 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
FOR THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT PERTAINS TO ALL CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES SERVICED BY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS LOCATED BY A
RECONNAISSANCE PLANE NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 115 MILES EAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND
ABOUT 105 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA.  ARLENE IS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE
CENTER OF ARLENE TO THE NORTHERN GULF COAST LATER TODAY.  MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE IS
STILL POTENTIAL FOR ARLENE TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE LANDFALL.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SECURE ALL LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS...
OR MOVE THEM INDOORS.  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE
A PROBLEM DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH ARLENE.
FLOODING CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...WHERE WATER CAN
QUICKLY FLOOD ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS AND VISIBILITIES ARE
LIMITED IN THE DARK. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...TURN
AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

...WIND IMPACTS...
EXPECT EAST SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 MPH AND
HIGHER IN THE HEAVIER RAIN BANDS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST COUNTIES TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE
EXTENDING FROM CARROLLTON TO SELMA AND FORT DEPOSIT...WITH GUSTS OF
40 TO 50 MPH IN RAIN SQUALLS. AT THIS TIME...THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED
WINDS WILL AFFECT MAINLY WEST ALABAMA...NEAR AND JUST TO THE EAST OF
THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. HOWEVER...RAIN SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE FEEDER BANDS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH IN ANY
PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH DURING THE DAY
SUNDAY AS ARLENE WEAKENS.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
OUTER RAIN BANDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ROTATING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.
THE PRIMARY THREAT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FROM ARLENE WILL BE FLASH
FLOODING AS HEAVY RAIN BANDS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.  STORM TOTALS
(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY) MAY APPROACH 4 TO 8 INCHES.  MINOR RIVER
FLOODING IS FORECAST ALONG THE LOWER BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AND
TOMBIGBEE RIVER...WITH RIVERS RISING TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE ON THE
TALLAPOOSA...ALABAMA...AND CAHABA RIVERS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT SCHEDULED TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY
11 AM TODAY.

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